JM_

I think it's for of a cap thing for Edmonton, they're taking on quite a bit.

Loui's getting terminated? Is he a replicant?

I like to OTT for the Bobby Ryan albatross. They've gotta add something with the extra 12 mill on the books.

If he wasn't soooooooo sloooowwwwwwww I'd agree.  Like throwing an anchor on our speedboat.

Does AW even understand that outside of the Memorial Cup we rarely get to to see junior superstars compete at a head to head level? Is he still employed by Sportsnet? Because damn man, I'd be tempted to fire him. 

I think he's still out of work since being kicked from 650. Very bitter dude. 

Probably TSN wouldn't hire him, that's why he's so bitter. 

Jokerit seems a natural destination. 

For those wondering to say point me to Roxy in Russian is 

ukazhite mne na Roksi

@EternalCanuckFan I can't believe I forgot Vegas was exempt. I knew that too. 

I'd be willing to give them a small sweetener to do so.

I've been predicting this since we signed him.

I'd love to see them bring in more guys who've played more recently, get rid of some of the dinosaurs it's time for fresh voices. 

Props to those who've had phenomenal careers but that doesn't mean they're entitled to broadcasting til they tire of it. 

Robert Long

but he's even weirder now. Those little extended commentary he's been doing have been flat out strange. 

We should be building him up so Toronto hires him as GM.  He might be the only person on the planet who would do a worse job than the idiot they currently have.

Ooh^ KH..THAT would be a Dubious move!

New children's ditty:

Here we go 'round the Milbury Douc** x3

...too early in the morrrrnin'

ASG is smart

cancelled you out

hah

rebel!

i represent david bowie, the establishment, and nobody else.

He got a lot of $&!# while he was here but he was a good foot soldier out there for us. Especially his second year. 

He's fine as a 7/8 Dman.  A little worried he'll have to play over his pay grade again but the only other team as desperate for NHL dmen is Toronto.

GMJB OUT GM'D AGAIN

Luongo's LTIR cap recapture penalty

Nugent-Hopkins has a pretty big name with 14 characters, but I don't think he's going on waivers.  Fantenberg has 10 letters.  Or maybe some Finnish guy, they have big names.

mll may have hit the nail on the head

i had a border collie whose liver exploded. i never heard of that before. 

its all good Mike. We've always just used Presidents Choice for our dogs and they've been healthy happy pups. Yeah I break down and give them the occasional scrap but for gods sake their lives are so short and they like it so much I just can't help it sometimes. One thing I do avoid tho is giving them fatty stuff. I often give them leftover rice and they seem quite thrilled by that. For some reason it seemed like an ok idea to give them the leftover miso chicken..... it was probably that I was on my 3rd gin. Maybe I should have mentioned that earlier. 

I spoiled my dog rotten...not gonna lie.  I'd cook a roast...mostly for her.  

My ex's dog (lab) is allergic to everything.  Is on a raw duck and veggie diet ($$).

i think so much of the hockey discussion on the minds of so many posters

actually distracts from the hockey watching

analytics

contract numbers

etc

we can no longer longer just watch a player

fulfill a role on a team

and see how effective he is

now that is all coloured by his salary and analytics

and the passion some attach to these corollary issues

a bit overwhelming at times

you'd think they paid the salaries and ran the team

Over or underwhelmed. Is anyone just whelmed? - Robin Young Justice. 

why do they have an exploration on sour cream?

No, I think it must be the "LOSING" year after year after year even the "lotto draft" we are LOSING.

Go to the finals three times, all loses, OUCH.and riots didn't make things any easier to take.(I mean I have relatives that were in Australia at the time and said they saw them on the news,totally bad scene).

The media should bring in a witch doctor or shaman to stop this right now,it would be a great PR stunt as well.Sure couldn't hurt.

Tony Gallagher set the bar real low decades ago and the media sheep have been eating the grass Tony planted or smoking it.

I  wish I could line them all up on the ice, and fire pucks at them. Willes article today was pathetic, comparing the Leafs and Canucks, and how much better Shanahan has done compared to Linden. I mean, getting a 1st OA certainly helps, doesn't it? The media here makes me angry, but during summer I'm starved for hockey news. I think what they do is write insulting articles that upset Canucks fans to get a defensive reaction. Pathetic.

Yeah, the dude just peels off and goes for the puck once Pettersson beats him, lol.

Yeah, the dude just peels off and goes for the puck once Pettersson beats him, lol.

Is it just his pads, or is he bulking up a little?

Germans?  (sorry couldn't help it. we'll prob lose to the US in the finals now)

Eichel peppered the German goalie with 10 shots on just his own, but the goalie was a brick wall today.  That and Team USA sucks again this year.

sign that goalie Jim! 

someone is getting lucky tonight.....

Not quite as drunk as Brett Hull at a playoff game....

cheers fellas I'm off to the show 

We traded away a lottery pick! Nobody knows what the pick will be yet but I'm sure it's a lottery pick! There's no way the team will be better, it's a lottery pick! What do you mean we can defer it to 2021? That would definitely be a lottery pick! Expecting us to rise in the standings is ridiculous!

Lottery pick! 

The way people are talking its like they gave away first overall.

Ohh yeah good job @Coconuts

You created a new drinking game.everytime someone says lottery pick take a shot.

^Hahahaha. I actually laughed out loud at that one. That was a good one Joe! A real zinger! 

I like Green's way of handling young players' mistakes. He'll scratch them, then put them in next game with regular minutes and let them respond. I can only hope Green follows a similar philosophy in the NHL. For WD it was a scratch, play them 5 minutes, bench them for the third period, scratch them again.

if the team is healthy, their record will be better. if they get more scoring, they will do better. of course, if those things happen, that would have happened for willie too. 

it could if Brock doesn't sign until day 1. 

what are you going to do next year? and the next year? What if Kesler feels like he can play next year after another hip surgery and year off? 

Kesler's career is over, thats not a concern. 

Don't forget with Brock that he is in his second year and teams know what he can do so he gets more attention by other teams checking lines.

IF, Goldobin scores that one, the Canucks win. Smith made a huge save.

Defense is a bit of a mess but once Boeser and Baertschi get going we should be entertaining to watch on a nightly basis, if we can maintain two reliable scoring lines. Goldy's been a pleasant surprise so far and Pettersson alone has me glued to the TV every time he's on the ice

The process is still there, just with a different outcome.

Jake is looking good too.  Quinn is up to 21 points.  

the team is doing OK imo. Our bottom 6 is trash right now and teams have to play us hard to win. Better times ahead. 

I think you mean- Show up

On Grouse Mountain you can snowshoe to an igloo, then build your own beside it. At $100 I think the price is a bit of a rip, but it's a pretty cool activity if you and him are into outdoor stuff. Unless you ski/snowboard in California I guess you wouldn't have the winter clothes for that though. 

It gets a lot colder in California than folks seem to think ahaha. We own snow boots, etc. I might actually check that out, thanks for the tip Green. 

I think you're onto something when saying that Green is simply doing his due diligence. If multiple games go by without any shakeup, what then? Green also professed to have watched a lot of Canuck games over the last year or years (leading to the now famous comment about their play during their meeting) so what's stopping him from implementing those changes now?

Buy tickets to the next game to give him a standing boo.

Zero excuse for calling up that bum.

The Vancouver Canucks thank King Heffy for his passionate cheering and his continued purchase of tickets during this transition period for the organization. 

Wondering if our team-philosophy is still, 'Born to be mild'?

@chon derry i know, but the start of the season is aways a buzz and then..... well i won't spoil it... 

onward and upward , starts  in 7 days !

Majority of people lately who have been attending games are as stuck up as it gets. I remember a particular game I went too with a buddy of mine... I want to say 2006 or so. Game against the Oilers (they were wearing those god awful oil drop jerseys. Canucks came back from behind to win in overtime 5-4.

Man, that arena was so frigging loud, it was awesome.

Yeah, when the crowd is alive the hockey game feels more entertaining. I don't know, that's just me though. 

@VanGnome i don't know if its stuck up, or maybe we just don't have as many noise initiators as before. I do think the cell phone wranglers in the corporate seats don't help. Thats why a loud section is such as good idea, it will become infectious. 

Yea well he just needs to make sure the coin lands how us Canucks fans want it to. Simple.

Correction.

1/2 are mad. The other half are mad at the people who are mad.

I would land in the second half - but yesterday on twitter I'm sure I didn't see one person blowing up about Petey's comments, everything I read was just people blowing up on those people (who I assume actually existed but never saw for myself).

Correction to the correction:

1/2 are ok with it.

The other half are saying it's tails, when it's heads.

Or saying because it's tails, the team needs to change owners, management, and players.